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Category: Africana Studies

Black History Month 2023 Recap

March 28, 2023

Photos taken courtesy of Easterner photographer Emily Powers

In 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson organized the first celebration of Black History Week. The scholar quickly disproved doubts that

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EWU Attends the Black College Expo – LA

Rodriguez and Dr. Baynes at the Black College Expo

Every year the National College Resources Foundation hosts the Black College Expo in Los Angeles at the LA Convention Center

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Black Entrepreneurship – A Conversation w/ Dr. Appel

August 26, 2022 by vbaxter1

Black Entrepreneurship – A Conversation w/ Dr. Appel

Black Entrepreneurship – A Conversation w/ Dr. Appel observes the contributions, stigmas, challenges, and opportunities for black entrepreneurs and marginalized persons to overcome historic barriers to business ownership and flourish in the 21st century.

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Daughters of the Dust Discussion

Daughters of the Dust Discussion

The Daughters of the Dust discussion highlights the first feature length film written and directed by an African American woman in 1991.

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Black History Month 2019

January 28, 2019

Snow covered campus

The EWU Africana Studies Program presents “Reclaiming Black Excellence: Black History Month 2019.” To make arrangements for access accommodations, call

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